Written on 11/25/2000 I grew up in a culturally Jewish home, but we were not religious. We sang some prayers (sort of—nobody knew more than…
Written on 11-17-20. Quite a few of my friends are expressing relief at the presumed election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. To be honest, I…
Written on 11-10-20 it is necessary to write we live in a time in which reality is under attack by goonsthey are powerful they are…
Written on 11-04-20 As election night approached, I became more and more distressed in mysterious ways. It is clear that I am changing. After four…
Written on 10-27-2020. This morning I slept late. I was avoiding the world. I didn’t want to deal. When I finally got up, I abandoned…
Written on 10-20-2020. Hello darkness, my old friend. I don’t think I’m alone in discovering that, as the COVID crisis continues—can we even call it…
Written On 10/13/20 Today I look back on exactly seven months without going to work as a substitute teacher or anything else. Seven months without…
Written on 10-06-2020. I am sitting at my desk. Trying to write a column. It is 10:30 in the morning. I have had breakfast. I…
Written on 9-29-2020 Today, I go outside to sit in the sunlight. I put my computer on the table. Baroque music plays on Spotify. Birds…
Written on 9/22/2020 Well, last week I was upset by events, overtaken by anger. But that is unsustainable every day and today is all about…